The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Reception at Home

HLS. "The Reception at Home." Vanity Fair, May 5, 1860, 296.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
Abstract

Touching on Heenan's return from across the Atlantic, a young Eagle is depicted returning--though not at all hangdog--to his aging, flabby father.